October 31, 2019

Racist stickers affixed to signs in Johnston, police are investigating

Racist stickers have been affixed to street signs along Greenville Avenue in the Town of Johnston, Rhode...

January 19, 2020

Newly elected South Kingstown School Committee members facing harassment and threats

An unusual Friday night meeting of the South Kingstown School Committee became contentious over what should have...

December 2, 2018

A community gathering to commemorate World AIDS Day at the RI State House

Over two dozen people gathered on the south steps of the Rhode Island State House to commemorate...

October 31, 2019

Climate Action RI responds to State Senator Elaine Morgan with dinner at Amigos Taqueria Y Tequila

Over twenty people, mostly members of Climate Action Rhode Island (CARI) but also members of many other...

January 19, 2020

Federal class action suit filed in Providence seeks to establish constitutional right to an adequate education

“Most people think that students have a right to an adequate education under the United States Constitution,”...

November 28, 2018

We need to broaden the way we look at new fossil fuel infrastructure

When the Rhode Island Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) considers the licensing for a new fossil fuel...

February 27, 2020

Demand Progress demands Reed and Whitehouse vote to end war in Yemen

Demand Progress is urging Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, both Democrats, to vote to...

October 31, 2019

The Energy Daily calls FERC decision a potential ‘death blow’ for Invenergy

Eric Lineman, writing for The Energy Daily, a “must-read newsletter for energy industry leaders” and insiders, did...

February 27, 2020

Whitehouse and Reed asked to vote to stop United States involvement in the War in Yemen

Peace activists visited the offices of United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Jack Reed...

March 2, 2020

Speakernomics tastes like trickle-down and oligarchy

“The economy is moving in the right direction,” said Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello...

November 26, 2018

Will members of the Reform Caucus be punished by Speaker Mattiello?

The Public’s Radio‘s Ian Donnis asked Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston), “You seemed a little...

November 23, 2018

Graduate teaching and research assistants at Brown vote to unionize

After a four-day secret ballot election that culminated on Monday, Nov. 19, eligible Brown University graduate students...

November 23, 2018

CLF petitions to protect Rhode Island Waters

Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has filed petitions with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to combat...

November 10, 2022

Sheriff Hodgson helps ICE separate families, earns protesters outside his home on Thanksgiving

At around 9am on a freezing Thanksgiving morning, over a dozen people representing the FANG Collective, community...

January 19, 2020

RIDP Women’s Caucus statement in support of the 21 members of the House who seek reform

The Rhode Island Democratic Party Women’s Caucus of the stands behind the twenty-one members of the Rhode...